Mohave County miner., 1887-12-10

In the Recorders office OF Yavapai county,
against the Mineral Belt Railroad for
$43 900.
The Board Of Supervisors OF GiIa county
have appointed Geo. f. shute Sheriff, to
gil the vacancy caused by thu death of f.
K. Hogsden.
The Phoenix Herald is the only paper
in the Territory, north Of Tucson, which
takes telegraphic dispatches from the
associated press.
The Courier wants the fare between
Prescott and Prescott Junction reduced.
| As the fare is ten cents per mile it will
stand a reduction.
Alberto Cells, who formerly conducted
Spanish paper at Phoenix, was killed at
Walnut Grove, Yavapai county, last week
by unknown parties.
The mail route between Tucson and
Oro Blanco will be discontinued the 9th
| inst by order of the Second Assistant
Postmaster General
Hon. Geo. w. Brown, editor OF the
Florence Enterprise, was given an elegant
dinner on Sunday evening at the Southern
Pacific hotel by the members Of Yuma
Legion Select Knights.
w. E. Bradbury, a piano tuner OF
Phoenix, skipped last week with $40.
which he took from the till OF a grocery
firm for whom he was clerkipg.
The Southern Pacific Railroad has Or
dered large amount Of new rolling stock,
including one hundred locomotives and
six thousand fiat and box cars.
Col. Rogers, foreman Of the Prescott
Courier office, is preparing to lodge and
board a car load of young carp, which are
en- route to him from Washington.
1t is reported that the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad Company have notified good
many settlers on the lieu lands in Apache
county that it will contest their filings.
Dolph Liebenou, who several months
ago shot and severely wounded Mrs.
Lille Court at Phoenix, was convicted in
the District Court at Phoenix last week.
The Erie Cattle Co., OF Cochise county,
have just finished spaying 1000 COWS.
The work was successfully done and the
loss will not be mora than one per cent.
There are fifteen practicing lawyers in
Tucson, six physicians and surgeons, two
dentists, two Methodist divines, one Con-
gregationalist, one Baptist and several
Catholic priests.
A Solomonville correspondent Of the
Clifton Clarion says that 1t is reported
that artesian water has been struck in
San Simon valley, about seven miles
southeast from Bowie Station.
Frank A. Mcbride, well known citi-
zen OF Yuma, died on Sunday night. The
deceased was born in Boston 81 years
ago; he was Mexican war veteran and
lived in Arizona for twenty years.
Thos. Gates, Superintendent Of the Ter.
ritorial prison, has gone to Arrowhead
Springs, Cal, where he expects to remain
until he has fully recovered from the
wounds received in the recent battle with
escaping prisoners.
Several specimens Of volunteer growth
of cotton plucked along the acequias be.
low town show fine staple, with bolls az
large as ones fist. This section seems tt
he the natural home of the plant
Florence Enterprise.
: Governor Zulick, Secretary Bayard
, Austin Carrington, J. NJ. w. Moore, Mrs
T. w. Otis, Miss Banta and others hav,
located twenty sections Of desert lant
near Mesa City, Maricopa county, ane
3 propose putting ditch On it for irrigation
: purposLs.
: Tucson has four wholesale establish
ments, two OF which are grocery houses
and about sixty retail houses, three DIR,
goods houses, two drug stores, two larg,
tin manufacturing establishments whicl
: carry all kinds of stoves and hardware
! five good hotels and ten lodging houses.
The Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad ha
: teen leased to Messrs. Foster, Doyle
Co., who have large wood contract witt
parties in Los Angeles. The gentlemen
Y who have leased the road until mex
: spring, will transport saw logs, lumbe
and wood and all local freight along th
line.
The Board Of Supervisors Of Pima
county have granted franchise to 6. II
Ouray, Aaron Mason, A. T. Cotton an
W. Z. Guild to lay mains and water pip
" in the town OF Florence. The main
along the main streets OF the town are t
be eight inches in diameter, with fir
Ii plugs on every second block. An annua
rent OF twenty-five dollars is to be paid b
" the county for each fire plug. In case {
!. fire a pressure of ninety pounds to tn
square inch TO be applied and maintained